Artist Info

Exhibitions


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Visual Artists Ireland  : Professional Member

2020 Gormley Fine Art Dublin
2010 Oriel Gallery Dublin
2008 Chelsea Flower Show London
2006 Gallery 27 Cork St. London
2005 Bold Gallery Galway
  Pingvin Gallery Oslo
2002 Bruton St. Gallery London
2000 Bruton St. Gallery London
1998 Albemarle Gallery London
  Gluckman Ireland House New York
  Museum Fine Arts Malta
1997 Hallward Gallery Dublin
  Nelson Bell Gallery Belfast
1996 Lavit Gallery Cork
  Kenny Gallery Galway
1994 Louth County Museum, Dundalk
  Gordon Galley Derry
  Nelson Bell Gallery Belfast
1991 Kenny Gallery Galway
Oriel Gallery Dublin
Albermarle Gallery London
Pinvin Oslo Gallery REC Paris
Gormley’s Fine Art Museum of Fine Art Malta
Lauren Gallery Santa Margerita Italy
Bold Gallery Galway
Eigse Carlow
Bruton Street Gallery London
Hallward Gallery Dublin
Gordon Gallery Derry
David Messum Gallery London
Kenny Gallery Galway
KilkockGallery County Kildare
Lavit Gallery Cork
Gallery Hereen Holland
Ulster Arts Club Gallery Belfast
RHA Dublin
Oireachtas Dublin
Nelson Bell Gallery Belfast
Solomon Gallery Dublin
Blue Leaf Gallery Dublin
Gallery at Bloom Kildare
Newcastle Gallery County Down
North Louth Artists Dundalk

Bio

Since she began exhibiting in the late 1980s Sandra Bell has been developing and expanding her practice in cast bronze and fabricated metal sculptures. Often drawing distinct reference from the Celtic and the Classical, the themes of harmony and balance are reoccurring in her work. The simple but challenging lines give way to large spaces that allow a play of light to permeate the work. The smooth surfaces and soft curves draw the viewer in to interact with these living and uncomplicated shapes that can be seen as meditations on the human form and curvaceous abstractions of reality.

 

Bell has completed over twenty site-specific commission to date. Recent commissions include Unity for Cherrywood Business Park Dublin and Teachers Inspire for Dublin City University, both to be unveiled later this year.

Artist Statement

The pleasure and enjoyment in connecting with people through the creation of my sculpture delights me. I lose myself in my work and explore my inner feelings in a quiet and meditative place. I love that others viewing my sculpture may share part of my experience and find meaning and relevance in the work that I do.

Commissions


 

2020 Cherrywood Business Park Unity
2020 Dublin City University Teachers Inspire
2016 Private Commission “The Final Bow”
2012 Dundalk Grammar School “Seat of Learning
2011 Champshill, Garden Feature “Lover’s Seat”
2010 Comhaltas Ceiiltoriri Eireann “Harmony”
2009 Comhaltas Ceiiltoriri Eireann “Torc”
2008 Kilkerley Parish, County Louth “Mother and Child”
2007 Private Commission “St.Ita”
2007 The Grange, England “Blythe Spirit”
2007 The Grange, England “Sculpture Seat”
2006 Bentley Villas, Dun Laoghaire “The Gift”
2006 Rose Project, Dublin “Rosebowl”
2004 Roman Abramavinch, Fyning Hill Estate  
2003 Cork County Council, Bandon “Wandering Aengus”
2003 Bon Secour Care Village “Leading Light”
2002 Champshill, Garden Feature “Enigma”
2002 Dundalk Urban District Council “Rhythm and Rhyme”
2001 Champshill, Garden Feature “Gerontius”
2001 Green Mount College, Antrim “Solace”
2000 Dublin Corporation, Rialto “Spirit of Rialto”
1998 Dublin Corporation, Pearse Square “Harmony Pearse Square”
President Clinton with Rhythm and Rhyme Maquette - Bronze Sculpture Ireland | Irish Sculpture | Cast Bronze

Collections


 

Personal Collection of William Jefferson Clinton Setanta Communications Limited
Avonmore P.L.C. Allied Irish Banks
CITI Bank Bank of Ireland
Department of External Affairs Dublin Institute of Technology
I.K.E.I. Panasonic, Dundalk P.M. Management Software
International Investment and Underwriters (I.I.U) Wolf Development Ltd.
K.P.M.G. First National Building Society
Ulster Museum Gluckman Ireland House
Elan Corporation P.L.C. Musuem of Fine Art, Malta
Wexford County Museum Bowerman Trust
Douglas Newman and Good Sisters of Bon Secour
A.R.U.P. S.I.S. Ltd
Dundalk U.D.C.O. Irish Embassy Oslo
Cork County Council Rose Project
Russian Embassy Dublin Dun Laoghaire Co. Co.
Kearys of Cork Chamber of Commerce, Dublin
Inshydonney Lodge and Spar Galway Clinic
Cork County Council Anglo-Irish Bank, London
Cara Environmental Technology Private collections worldwide
Sir Martyn Arbib – Cultham Court Unileaver P.L.C.
Private Collection Worldwide